Guy Sherwin
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Born in 1948, Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in London. Inspired by films and expanded cinema from the London Filmmakers’ Co-op, he began making films and acquired laboratory skills while working there during the 1970s. His 16mm films are often highly concentrated in their form, but very diverse in terms of their imagery and approach. The Short Film Series (1975-ongoing) and live performance pieces such as Man with Mirror (1976-ongoing) involve human, animal and natural phenomena transcribed as filmic subjects, while his optical sound films and performances explore a wide variety of abstract audiovisual ideas.
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Messages (1984)
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Man with Mirror (1976)
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Salt Water (1986)
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Yi Wei (2011)
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Eye (1978)
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Cycles #1 (1972)
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Soundtrack (1977)
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Interval #2 (2007)
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Swimming (1977)
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Sound Shapes (1972)
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Spirals (1974)
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Railings (1977)
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Chimney (1977)
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Window (1976)
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Why there is something rather than nothing (2019)
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Tap (1978)
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Vermeer Frames (1976)
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Newsprint #2 (2003)
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Blink (1977)
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Hand/Shutter (1976)
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Metronome (1978)
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Optical Sound (2007)
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Nijomasue (2017)
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Treeline (1976)
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Cycles #3 (2003)
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Sound Cuts (2007)
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Columns (1977)
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Paper Landscape (2009)
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Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna (2000)
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Prelude (1996)
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Track (1976)
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Camden Road Station (2003)
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Flight (1998)
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At the Academy (1974)
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Notes (1979)
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Interval (1974)
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Gnats (1998)
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Maya (1978)
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Handcrank Clock (1976)
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Under the Freeway (1995)
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Four Films about Music (Silent Jazz / Orchestra / Pause / Interior Music) (2026)
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Tree Reflection (1998)
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Cross Section #2 (2007)
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Remjet (2015)
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Abrasion Loops (2007)
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Night Train (1979)
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Short Film Series (2014)
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Bay Bridge from Embarcadero (2006)
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Barn (1978)
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Vowels & Consonants (2005)
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Newsprint #1 (1972)
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Breathing (1978)
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Phase Loop (1971)
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Portrait with Parents (1975)
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Connemara (1980)
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Animal Studies (Egret / Seagull Reflection / Midges / Spider / Swans in a Line) (2026)
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Guy & Kai (2013)
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Light Cycles (2016)
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Tree & Cloud (1998)
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Cat on TV (1977)
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Mobius Loops (2007)
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Piano (2013)
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Mei (2010)
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Coots (1998)
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Paper Landscape #2 (2017)
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Mile End Purgatorio (1991)
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Cat (1998)
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Cycle (1978)
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Split Wires (2022)
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Clock & Train (1978)
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Clouds & Wires (1998)
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Candle & Clock (1977)
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Notes #1 (1979)
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Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life (2004)
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Animal Studies (1998)
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Notes #2 (2007)
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Window/Light (2013)
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Light Leaves (1978)
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Filter Beds (1998)
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Half Light (2018)
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Wind & Water (1980)
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After the Freeway (2006)
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Views from Home (2005)
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Musical Stairs (1977)
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